Published 12-22-03
Submitted by SAFECO Corporation
SEATTLE--Safeco today announced the recipients of its annual Rudy Award, which recognizes individuals who provide extraordinary leadership in the non-profit sector. This year Safeco will contribute $5,000 to each of five non-profit organizations on behalf of the award recipients. Over the 10-year existence of the Rudy Awards, Safeco has contributed $745,000 to 59 non-profit organizations.
This year’s winners are:
“Each year Safeco takes time during the holiday season to recognize the dedication of outstanding leaders and the work they do in the community,” said Rose Lincoln, assistant vice president and community relations director. “This year’s Rudy recipients are shining examples of leadership in our communities.”
Safeco, in business since 1923, is a Seattle-based company that sells insurance and investment products through neighborhood-based independent agents, brokers and financial advisors. Safeco supports and partners with non-profit organizations that promote neighborliness by bringing people together and enhancing local communities. More information about Safeco can be found at www.safeco.com
Established in 2006, the Safeco Insurance Foundation supports the communities in which we live and work. Our grants attempt to educate low-income children, strengthen cultural treasures, protect our most fragile, and uplift those most often left out or behind. Our grant making priorities are education and broad based health and human services. We also invest in access to health care for low-income individuals, and cultural organizations. In business since 1923 and based in Seattle, Washington, Safeco sells insurance to drivers and homeowners through a network of independent agents and brokers in eight regions throughout the United States. Safeco is part of Liberty Mutual Agency Markets, a business unit of Liberty Mutual Group, consisting of property and casualty and specialty insurance carriers that distribute their products and services primarily through independent agents and brokers. Liberty Mutual Group ranks 86th on the Fortune 500 list of the largest U.S. corporations based on 2008 revenues.
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